Columbus

參見：columbus

英語

詞源

借自拉丁語 columbus (“鴿子”)。Colombo 的同源對似詞。動詞指的是這位意大利探險家的行為。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /kəˈlʌmbəs/

• 音頻 (澳洲)：

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專有名詞

Columbus

1. 哥倫布， 源自拉丁語的男性人名。
2. 姓氏。
3. Christopher Columbus (1451?–1506)，歐洲中世紀至近代的著名航海家、探險家與殖民者
4. 多個美國地名。

同義詞

• (俄亥俄州首府)： Col's

衍生詞

• Columbian
• Columbian Exchange
• columbium
• Columbus County

名詞

Columbus (複數 Columbuses)

1. 有重大發現的人
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動詞

Columbus (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 Columbuses，現在分詞 Columbusing，一般過去時及過去分詞 Columbused)

1. (可能過時，俚語) 探索
   • 1893，American Boys Afloat: Or, Cruising in the Orient，頁 150:

     "But, boy the powers of mud, I belayve you fellers mane to make an indepindint cruise in the Orient, and go Columbusing all over the ocean boy the way ye's talk!"

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   • 1908，Out West，卷 28，頁 90:

     Callous as the old mummy was about anything and everything save his pet hobby, archaeology, he would sit up and take notice of such a vision ; and Peter felt that, having Columbused the discovery, he had the better right to it.

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   • 1908，Sunset，卷 20，頁 271:

     To the west of the river lay the country in which I went Columbusing — the enchanted desert whose southern boundary was where the sky reached down and merged with the earth curve, and whose northern limit was the Harqua Hala range […]

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   • 1921，Forest Leaves，卷 15，頁 lxx:

     No street car line passes it, so you'll have to do a little Columbusing on your own account-to find it-—but it's worth discovering, and President Gardner's phophecy sounds conservative.

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2. (貶義，俚語，美國) 聲稱擁有某物（通常是被認為屬於他人的發現）
   • 2014，Justin Simien，Dear White People，Simon and Schuster, →ISBN，頁 97:

     When his black friend tells him that many people knew about the bar before he did, his white friend retorts by saying that he “Columbused it”; i.e., discovered it for white people before a gaggle of hip white people flooded in.

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   • 2014年7月6日，Brenda Salinas，“‘Columbusing’: The Art Of Discovering Something That Is Not New”, in NPR‎^[1]:

     Of course, there is no bouncer, but we can be careful not to Columbus other culture's traditions.

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   • 2015，Frederic Charles Schaffer，Elucidating Social Science Concepts，Routledge, →ISBN，頁 54:

     He then lists other things that have been Columbused, such as twerking by Miley Cyrus and hummus by “health conscious whities.”

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荷蘭語

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˌkoːˈlʏm.bʏs/
• 斷字：Co‧lum‧bus

專有名詞

Columbus

1. 姓氏；Columbus，主要用於Christopher Columbus

衍生詞

• ei van Columbus